Hire a Bookkeeper (UK) — dedicated & outsourced, ready in 24–48 hrs

Hire a Bookkeeper for Your UK Business or Accounting Practice

A Dedicated Outsourced Bookkeeper — Not a Ticket in a Support Queue.

Hire a bookkeeper to record transactions, reconcile your accounts and keep VAT-ready books — inside Xero, QuickBooks or Sage. Trusted by UK small businesses, startups, law firms, agencies and accounting practices who'd rather outsource bookkeeping than manage it in-house.

NDA signed before we touch a single ledger. You'll be judging real bookkeeping, not a sales pitch.
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Tell us the essentials — we'll come back with exactly how we'd fix your AP.

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ISO 9001 & ISO 27001 certified
GDPR compliant, NDA-covered
50+ UK businesses served
Ready to start within 24–48 hrs
Before anything else

What it actually means to hire a bookkeeper here

Your data doesn't move to a system of ours, and there's no office queue to wait in. A dedicated bookkeeper logs into the Xero, QuickBooks or Sage account you already use and keeps it current — every transaction recorded, every account reconciled, every VAT quarter ready before the deadline.

For the fuller picture of everything under our outsourced bookkeeping umbrella, see our outsourced bookkeeping services page.

Our process

How Hiring a Bookkeeper With Us Actually Works

The same four steps whether you're a sole trader or a twelve-partner accounting practice.

1

NDA & software access

We sign a full NDA, then connect securely to your Xero, QuickBooks, Sage or FreeAgent account — nothing new for you to set up.

2

10-hour free trial

Your assigned bookkeeper works a real slice of your ledger — often a backlog month or your latest bank reconciliation — so you can judge accuracy before committing.

3

Choose your bookkeeping plan

Part-time upkeep, a fully dedicated bookkeeper, or white-label support for your accounting practice — scoped to your transaction volume.

4

Books stay current, every month

Transactions recorded, accounts reconciled, VAT-ready — reviewed by a second bookkeeper before anything is signed off.

Why UK businesses come to us

The same three problems, in a different order each time

None of this is a competence problem. It's a bandwidth problem — nobody owns the ledger full-time, and it compounds every month it's left alone.

BEFORE
Books run months behind because no one owns them

Bank feeds pile up unreconciled until someone finally finds a free afternoon — usually right before a deadline.

AFTER
Reconciled on a fixed weekly schedule

Transactions are recorded and matched as they happen, so the ledger is never more than a few days out of date.

BEFORE
Every VAT quarter turns into a scramble

Missing receipts and unmatched transactions get chased at the last minute, right against the MTD deadline.

AFTER
VAT-ready books, days before the deadline

Records are kept in the digital format HMRC expects, reconciled continuously rather than in a pre-deadline rush.

BEFORE
You can't get a straight answer on cashflow

Reports pulled from a messy ledger don't reflect reality, so decisions get made on guesswork.

AFTER
Management reports you can actually act on

Aged debtor and creditor positions, and a trial balance, ready whenever you or your accountant need them.

Free for 10 hours

Let's clear your current backlog first.

No card, no contract — send over your last few unreconciled months and judge the accuracy yourself.

Exactly what's covered

Everything a dedicated bookkeeper handles, spelled out

No vague scope. Here's the full list of what a UK business or accounting practice gets from Exuberant Global's bookkeeping support, split into the day-to-day cycle and the compliance work behind it.

Day-to-day bookkeeping

The recurring ledger work that keeps your books current, every week.

  • Daily, weekly or monthly transaction recording
  • Purchase and sales ledger maintenance
  • Bank and credit card reconciliation
  • Supplier and customer account reconciliation
  • Invoice processing and payment allocation
  • Expense recording and journal entries
  • Accounts payable and receivable support
  • Bookkeeping backlog catch-up

Compliance, reporting & oversight

The controls that keep your books audit-ready and MTD-compliant.

  • VAT preparation and Making Tax Digital support
  • Month-end bookkeeping and trial balance preparation
  • General ledger maintenance and review
  • Aged debtor and creditor reporting
  • Management reporting support
  • Year-end bookkeeping handover to your accountant
  • Second-bookkeeper review before sign-off
  • Escalation handling with your FC or practice owner
Not just for small businesses

Who Hires a Bookkeeper From Us

If your ledger depends on someone finding time to reconcile it, this fits. From a sole trader in Bristol to a forty-partner practice in London, the same outsourced bookkeeping support applies, remotely, in UK business hours.

Small businesses & limited companies
Startups, contractors & freelancers
Law firms & professional services
Accounting & accountancy practices
E-commerce businesses
Property & construction businesses
Three ways businesses use us

Bookkeeping scoped to how your business actually runs

The core work is the same, but what matters most shifts depending on who you are.

For small businesses & SMEs

Day-to-day bookkeeping without an in-house hire
  • Weekly bank and card reconciliation
  • VAT-ready books before every deadline
  • Cashflow numbers you can actually trust

For accounting practices

White-label bookkeeping under your own brand
  • Extra capacity during busy season
  • Client-facing work stays under your name
  • No recruiting for peak workload

For law firms & agencies

Ledger work alongside your billing cycle
  • Client account & disbursement tracking
  • Works alongside our Billing Executive service
  • Clean books your accountant can rely on
Got a question about the role?

Not sure this is the right fit yet? Just ask.

Tell us your transaction volume and software — we'll tell you honestly whether 40, 80 or 160 hours makes sense.

Quality control, not just data entry

Billing outcomes we can actually back up

99.5%
Reconciliation accuracy across client ledgers
£0
Recruiting fees or notice period to add bookkeeping cover
24–48h
To have a dedicated bookkeeper working on your accounts
100%
Of ledgers reviewed by a second bookkeeper before sign-off
The role, spelled out

The Bookkeeper Role You'd Be Hiring, Spelled Out

Read it the way you'd read a job spec — because that's exactly what it is, just outsourced and flexible.

Bookkeeper

Also fits: Bookkeeping Assistant, Accounts Assistant, Ledger Clerk, White-Label Bookkeeper
Open to hire now
Employment type
Outsourced, hourlyNo PAYE or pension obligations on your side
Hours available
40 / 80 / 160 per monthReviewed monthly against your transaction volume
Location
Remote, UK business hoursReachable like any colleague
Reports to
You, your FC, or the practice ownerWhoever reviews the monthly books
Rate
£8–£15 per hourBilled monthly on hours used
Team model
Dedicated, named bookkeeperShared-pool cover available for overflow or one-off backlog work
Software
Xero, QuickBooks Online, Sage, FreeAgent, Dext, Hubdoc, IRIS, CCH, TaxCalc & ExcelWorks inside what you already use — nothing to migrate
Meet your specialist first

Want to see exactly who'd be handling your books?

Request a full CV and a short call with your assigned bookkeeper before you commit to anything.

Who you'd actually be hiring

Meet the bookkeepers behind Exuberant Global's ledger desk

Every card below is a profile on our books — the experience, tenure and tooling are exactly what you'd get assigned to your account. Ask for a full CV and reference check any time.

EXUBERANT GLOBAL
STAFF ID
M
Meera A.
Senior Bookkeeper
8+ years in bookkeeping
Core Expertise
Bank reconciliation VAT & MTD Xero QuickBooks
3,000+
Transactions reconciled monthly
5 days
Avg. month-end close time
NDA & background verified
EXUBERANT GLOBAL
STAFF ID
D
Devansh P.
Bookkeeper
4+ years in bookkeeping
Core Expertise
Accounts payable Ledger maintenance Sage FreeAgent
95
Client ledgers managed
100%
MTD-compliant submissions
NDA & background verified
EXUBERANT GLOBAL
STAFF ID
K
Kavya S.
Bookkeeping Coordinator
3+ years in bookkeeping
Core Expertise
Catch-up bookkeeping Dext & Hubdoc Aged debtors Excel
3 weeks
Avg. time to clear a 6-month backlog
98%
Aged debtor reporting accuracy
NDA & background verified
EXUBERANT GLOBAL
STAFF ID
R
Rohan V.
Bookkeeping Team Lead
9+ years in bookkeeping
Core Expertise
White-label support Quality review IRIS CCH
30+
Accounting practices supported
220+
Ledgers under oversight
NDA & background verified
Request full CVs before you hire
Have a question first?

Whichever way is easiest for you

No need to wait for the form at the bottom — reach us directly, however suits you.

Call us directly

For a quick chat about your transaction volume and whether this fits.

+447441397094

Email the details

Good for sharing a sample bank statement or backlog spreadsheet.

info@exuberant-global.com
Software we work in

No migration. No new system. We work inside what you've already got

We keep your books current inside the accounting and practice management tools you've already chosen — nothing new to learn on your end.

Bookkeeping & accounting platforms
Xero QuickBooks Online Sage FreeAgent Dext Hubdoc
Practice management & tax
IRIS CCH TaxCalc Microsoft Excel

Don't see your setup listed? If it's used by a UK business or accounting practice, chances are we've already worked in it — all Making Tax Digital compatible where required.

What this actually covers

What we do every bookkeeping cycle — and what we take off your plate as it grows

Scoped to fit however much of the ledger you want to hand over, from clearing a backlog to running the whole function under your own brand.

Whatever your job spec calls this — Bookkeeper, Bookkeeping Assistant, Accounts Assistant, Ledger Clerk, or White-Label Bookkeeper — it's the same work we do every day for UK businesses.

Core bookkeeping cycle

Included from day one, at any tier
Transaction recording

Every sale, purchase and expense recorded against the correct nominal code.

Reconciliation

Bank, credit card, supplier and customer accounts matched on a fixed schedule.

Invoice processing & payment allocation

Purchase and sales ledgers kept current, with payments matched off correctly as they land.

Senior & oversight bookkeeping

At the 160-hour tier, or as your volume grows
  • Month-end close and trial balance preparation
  • VAT preparation and MTD submission oversight
  • Year-end handover pack for your accountant
  • Escalation handling with your FC or practice owner

What to check before choosing an outsourced bookkeeping provider

  • Do you get a named, dedicated bookkeeper — or an anonymous rotating team?
  • Are they certified for data security — ISO 27001, GDPR — before you hand over access?
  • Do they already work in your software, or will you need to migrate?
  • Is backlog catch-up included, or charged as a separate project?
  • Does a second bookkeeper review the ledger before it's signed off?
How this compares

Us, versus hiring a bookkeeper in-house

Worth seeing side by side before you decide how to fill this gap.

RecommendedHire Us Full-time in-house hire
Time to start 24–48 hours 4–8 weeks of recruiting
What you pay £8–£15/hr, only for hours used Salary + NI + pension + overheads
Backlog catch-up Included as part of onboarding Falls on the new hire's first weeks
Sick leave & holiday Covered — no gap in your reconciliations You arrange cover yourself
Scaling up or down Anytime, month to month Needs a new hire, or redundancy
If it doesn't work out Just stop the engagement Notice period, redundancy cost
6–8 weeks
Faster to have someone working, vs a full-time search
£0
Recruiting fees, onboarding time or notice period
100%
Coverage — no gaps for sick days or annual leave

Want the fuller breakdown? Read our outsourced bookkeeping vs. in-house bookkeeper comparison on the blog.

Still comparing options?

Skip the guesswork — ask us which tier fits your volume.

Tell us roughly how many transactions you process a month and we'll tell you straight whether 40, 80 or 160 hours is right.

What it costs to hire a bookkeeper

Hire as much of a bookkeeper's time as you need — not a full-time salary

We typically charge £8–£15 per hour depending on scope and software. Scale us up or down as your transaction volume changes — no notice period, no redundancy cost.

40 hours / month
Part-time upkeep
Best if: you're a sole trader or small business needing weekly reconciliation and VAT-ready books
  • Transaction recording & bank reconciliation
  • Monthly VAT-ready books
  • Supplier and customer reconciliation
  • Direct WhatsApp / email access to your bookkeeper
  • Hours reviewed monthly — step up anytime
Enough to keep your ledger current without paying for a full role.
160 hours / month
Full-time equivalent
Best if: you're an accounting practice needing white-label capacity, or a business ready to go fully outsourced
  • Everything in Dedicated bookkeeping
  • White-label support under your own brand
  • Year-end bookkeeping handover pack
  • Books checked before your FC or partner sees them
  • Senior escalation & error resolution
Effectively a full-time bookkeeping hire — minus the salary, NI, pension and recruiting time.
From businesses we've worked with

Don't take our word for it — here's what they noticed first

★★★★★

"We were four months behind on reconciliation when we started. Three weeks later the backlog was gone and it's stayed current since."

JH
Jamie Holt
Founder, Holt & Co Design Studio
★★★★★

"VAT quarters stopped being a fire drill once someone actually owned the ledger week to week."

SB
Sana Bibi
Director, Bibi Property Group
★★★★★

"As a practice, we use them as white-label capacity during busy season — clients never know it's not us."

CF
Callum Ferris
Partner, Ferris Chartered Accountants
★★★★★

"Having a named bookkeeper who actually knows our business beats a rotating support queue every time."

EO
Ese Okonkwo
Ops Lead, Okonkwo Logistics
★★★★★

"We started with 40 hours to clear a backlog and never went back to doing it ourselves."

TW
Tom Wren
Owner, Wren Coffee Roasters
★★★★★

"Genuinely feels like we added a finance team member, not an outsourced vendor."

AL
Amara Lindqvist
Founder, Lindqvist Legal Consultants
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Before you get in touch

Common Questions About Hiring a Bookkeeper

It means handing your day-to-day ledger work — recording transactions, reconciling accounts — to a bookkeeper who works remotely inside your own software, instead of you hiring someone to sit in-house.
Record every sale and purchase, reconcile the bank and card feeds, match supplier and customer accounts, process invoices, allocate payments, and keep everything VAT-ready ahead of your submission deadline.
We keep the ledger accurate and current, day to day. Your accountant then uses that clean data for tax filings, year-end accounts and advice. We make their job faster; we don't replace them.
Yes, and we do this often. Your clients never see our name — the work goes out under your brand. Most practices bring us on this way when they need extra capacity during busy season.
Xero and QuickBooks Online day to day, plus Sage, FreeAgent, Dext and Hubdoc. On the practice side we work in IRIS, CCH and TaxCalc, and we're equally comfortable picking up an Excel-based ledger that hasn't moved to the cloud yet.
£8 to £15 an hour depending on scope, billed monthly for hours actually used. Compare that to a UK in-house bookkeeper's salary plus NI, pension and recruiting costs and it's usually a fraction.
Yes — this is genuinely most of our new clients. We work backwards through the unreconciled months systematically until everything's current, then move you onto a normal weekly rhythm.
Yes. We keep records in the digital format HMRC expects as we go, so your quarterly VAT submission is a formality rather than a scramble.
A named, dedicated bookkeeper is standard on every tier. A shared-pool arrangement exists only for one-off overflow or backlog work, not for ongoing support.
A full NDA is signed before we get access to anything. We're ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 certified and GDPR compliant, and we only work inside your existing software — nothing gets exported or copied elsewhere.
No. You start with a free 10-hour trial, move to a monthly arrangement if it's working, and can scale hours up, down, or stop entirely whenever you need to.
Whether you get a named dedicated bookkeeper, whether they're certified for data security, whether they already know your software, whether backlog catch-up is included rather than billed separately, and whether a second person reviews the books before sign-off.
Start with 10 hours, free

Ready to hire an outsourced bookkeeper?

No card required. We'll work directly on your real ledger under a signed NDA, so you can judge our accuracy and turnaround as your dedicated bookkeeper before deciding anything.

  • Dedicated bookkeeper assigned within 24 hours
  • Works inside your existing software — Xero, QuickBooks, Sage and more
  • ISO 27001 & GDPR-compliant handling, NDA signed first
  • No fixed contract — scale, pause or stop anytime
  • Same dedicated bookkeeper every cycle, not a rotating team
50+
UK businesses served
24–48h
To start after sign-off
£8–£15
Per hour, billed monthly
No card, no obligation, no risk If the trial isn't a fit, you simply walk away — nothing owed, nothing signed.

Tell us about your workload

We'll reply within one business day.
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Other Accounting Profiles

Need a different finance role covered? We can help there too

Same outsourced, hourly model — a dedicated person in your software, whatever your accounting practice or business needs next.

Accounts Payable Specialist

Invoice processing, vendor payment runs and reconciliation — the mirror image of billing, for what you owe rather than what you're owed.

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Billing Executive

Raises client invoices on time, tracks billing schedules and chases sign-off before they go out.

See this role

Invoice Processing Executive

High-volume incoming invoice data capture, coding and matching — the receiving side of what a Billing Executive sends out.

See this role

Credit Controller / AR Specialist

Chases outstanding customer invoices once they're sent — the natural next step after a Billing Executive raises them.

See this role

Payroll Specialist

Runs monthly payroll, RTI submissions and pension contributions for UK employees, start to finish.

See this role

Management Accountant

Prepares management accounts, budgets and variance reports for partners and business owners.

See this role

VAT & Compliance Executive

Prepares and reviews VAT returns, CIS filings and other routine HMRC compliance work.

See this role

Dedicated Offshore Accountant

Handles monthly accounts, reconciliations, journals and financial reporting as an extension of your UK finance team.

See this role

Not sure which role fits what you need? Tell us the problem and we'll tell you the right person for it.

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